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You can find numerous ways of looking at karma, along with numerous various ways of describing it. Personally, I tend to view karma as a sort of cosmic scales, and that by cosmic law, they must even out in the end. They may possibly have been out of balance for a very prolonged time period, but in time they WILL balance out. Even that view, however, doesn't fully describe how karma works.

The term 'karma' has historically been most often associated with terms of ‘good’ or ‘negative'. Karma may also be ‘weighted’ one way or the other, based on the situation.

A lot of Pagans speak about the Three-Fold or Nine-Fold Law (that which you send out will come back to you 3 or 9x, respectively). These are examples of weighted karma, along with neither was strictly correct. To clarify, let us take the example of the young soul. The soul gets mad and starts a fight with a friend, punching that particular person in the eye. That soul has just created some bad karma. The scales tip. Later, something equivalent will happen to that person, then the scales come. The karma is satisfied. That is a 1x return. So neither the Three-Fold Law, nor the Nine-Fold Law would apply. Now, let us review the same experience, but with a really old soul. The scales tip negatively a lot more heavily now, because that ancient soul really should have known better. To make the scales balance, the old soul may well end up getting mugged or beaten severly, ending up in the hospital as a result. That may possibly be far more than nine times the injuries inflicted originally.

Practically every choice you make has some sort of karmic results. Sometimes the acts are so minor as to be unnoticeable, or they may possibly be undescribably major. It depends upon your actions, the results of those actions, the age or evolutionary level of your respective soul AS WELL AS your INTENT. For example:

Even the same or similar action by the same individual might have different karmic outcomes. Let us say that there‘s a person driving a brand new, top of the line car, who stops at a convenience store to pick up something. without thinking, the owner leaves the doors unlocked and the keys still in the ignition. A dishonest person walking by, notices the keys in the ignition, gets in, and drives off, stealing the car. Certainly, this person has incurred some bad karma. Let’s change the circumstances a bit. That same thief notices an old Chevy, windows open, and keys in the ignition. This car belongs to a family of 6 that is living at poverty level. They have just spent pretty much all of their week’s income for groceries, kept in the trunk. The thief steals the car. Now, in which case do you believe that the thief will earn the most bad karma? For stealing a fifty thousand dollar car, or as a result of stealing a two thousand dollar car? Certainly, he has harmed the owner of that new expensive car, but probably not fatally. But, when he took that older vehicle, he that family’s sole transportation and may well have made it unlikely for them to get to work. Additionally, the thief took the food that would have fed that family of six at the same time. So, by taking that less expensive vehicle, he caused way more harm than he did by stealing the luxury car and subsequently his karma will be higher.

Negative karma can be earned not only as a result of what we do that directly affect other people, but additionally by our actions towards animals, and the environment. A person who lives a life of crime may well very well incur enough negative karma that it will take them several lifetimes to re-balance it.

Up til now, we’ve spoken only of bad karma, but karma is also of a good variety. When we do something very good through compassion or love, that will also tip the scales in what becomes a positive direction. And that positiveness can possibly come back to us by having a similar thing come our way, or will help to pay off the bad karma that we may have accrued. However, performing good deeds simply to develop positive karma isn't sufficient. Good karma is earned only when the good is done as a result of a sincere desire to do good, or via an act of compassion or love. The motivation is an important factor. The same is true for negative karma.

Karma may be considered to be a teacher, as it teaches the soul right from wrong, good from bad, etc.

Karma is not restricted to individuals. A group may have a ‘group karma’. And that karma might be either positive or bad. The people who make up that group add towards the overall group karma. That group may well be as small as a group of four ladies who get together once a week to play cards or a group as large as a city, a nation, or the size of the planet.

The town in which you reside has karma. Whether good or bad, this karma was created by the actions of the city in general in addition to the actions of the individuals that dwell there. Let’s have a look at an example city: The politicians who run this city are corrupt, and the citizens from the city know it, but continue to elect them. That city will develop negative karma.

Just as communities may earn karma, so can nations. Saddam Hussein earned karma the moment he invaded Kuwait, but so did his entire country. The planet Earth also creates karma.

There exists one more aspect of karma to talk about, known as ‘karmic obligations’. This is a thing that usually takes place throughout many lifetimes. In other words, you do some action during 1 lifetime incurring karma that must be paid during another. Suppose you do anything that has a really negative effect on another, which you cannot re-balance during that lifetime. The obligation to that person continues even after you die. In a subsequent lifetime, or the lifetime after that, you'll be in the position of paying off that karmic debt. And likely not understanding the reason.